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This Just In: Trump Can't Take a Joke

American TV networks should stand up for free speech; not give it away to a thin-skinned president

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Jim Acosta
Jul 20, 2025
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Imagine television legends Johnny Carson or David Letterman getting canned for telling jokes about a president. In the late 20th and early 21st century in the United States, a late-night comedian could poke fun at the commander-in-chief without fear of being fired. Not so in the thin-skinned age of the president I’ve called, “The Manchildian Candidate.”…

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